Removable luggage box for storage in a luggage or trunk space of a motor vehicle, and especially of a hatchback or station wagon automobile

A luggage box for storage in a confined space open at a top, and delimited by a floor, a pair of side walls, a hatch and one or more backrests of a row of vehicle seats, wherein a pair of parallel guide rails are secured one to each side wall, a first section of each guide rail extends from the hatch over the confined space at the top and a second section of each guide rail continues further along one of the one or more backrests toward the floor, and wherein each guide rail has a respective opening adjacent a respective end of the guide rail at the hatch, the luggage box comprising:

• a container having an open top and being adapted to be held between the guide rails by a respective pair of guide elements at its ends slidably receivable in the guide rails;
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• a lid having a size and shape complementary to the open top of the container;
• wherein the container and the lid are coupled to each other via a hinge portion configured to extend transversely between the guide rails;
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• wherein the size of the lid corresponds to an area behind the one or more backrests between the second guide rail sections;
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• wherein the luggage box, when held by the guide rails with its lid closed, is translatable in the guide rails, such that the luggage box is positionable with its lid extending between the second guide rail sections adjacent the one or more backrests of the vehicle seats.